• 
  Laurence Fishburne

  Wilford Robinson
• 
  Moses Gunn

  Benjamin Blackwell
• 
  Bernie Casey

  Officer Larry Atkins
• 
  Charles Lampkin

  Fred Jenkins
• 
  Hal Baylor

  Mr. Wilson
• 
  Sandy Ward

  Store Manager
• 
  Erik Kilpatrick

  Ace
• 
  Don McGovern

  Det. Kelly

• 
  Tierre Turner

  Earl Carter
• 
  Antonio Fargas

  One-Eye
• 
  Rosalind Cash

  Sarah Robinson
• 
  Thalmus Rasulala

  Charlie
• 
  Stefan Gierasch

  Sgt. Danaher
• 
  Bill Henderson

  Watkins
• 
  Vince Martorano

  Officer John Golich

• 
  Stack Pierce

  Sam Hamilton
• 
  Logan Ramsey

  Deputy Coroner
• 
  Madge Sinclair

  Leona Hamilton
• 
  Jamaal Wilkes

  Nathaniel 'Cornbread' Hamilton (as Keith Wilkes)

• 
  Joseph M. Wilcots

  camera and electrical departme
• 
  Lynn Stalmaster

  casting director
• 
  Jules Brenner

  imagine
• 
  Ann McCarthy

  costume
• 
  Aaron Stell

  montaj
• 
  Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

  music department
• 
  Marty Hornstein

  production manager
• 
  Tony Brandt

  second unit director or assist
• 
  C. Darin Knight

  sound department